dxAce wrote:

dxAce wrote:


What was your first radio?

I seem to recall that mine was a rocket shaped crystal set that I had back in
the 1960's.


And it was tuned by turning the nose cone. It was red and white (maybe some blue,
but I don't recall that).


Anyone else remember those things?

dxAce
Michigan
USA


My first radio was also a rocket shaped radio when I was a youngster.
It would have been mid to late fifties. All I remember is it had a
small antenna about 2-3 inches that was pulled out at tip of nose. I
don't remember if this was for tuning or just an antenna. Listening was
by earphone only and was able to pick up local AM stations.

dxAce wrote:
What was your first radio?

I seem to recall that mine was a rocket shaped crystal set that I had back in
the 1960's.

I don't know why it took so long to remember this, but my first radio
was a Remco kit radio. Dad had to assemble it for me; I was around five
years old. It was essentially a crystal set with a cool plastic case
and a sliding tuning knob. My brother and sisters couldn't keep their
hands off it, which of course led to its death, and dad couldn't fix it.
I was shattered.

First shortwave was a Star Roamer, bought used from the Allied ham shack
in the early sixties.

--
"One month from today, the American dream is on the ballot." -- John Kerry, 10/2

So is the American Nightmare, Jack-F...
Please go back to Communist Viet Nam where you're appreciated.

dxAce wrote in message ...
dxAce wrote:

What was your first radio?

I seem to recall that mine was a rocket shaped crystal set that I had back in
the 1960's.

The more I think about it, I must have had the thing maybe in the late 50's.

Anyone else remember those things?

dxAce
Michigan
USA
Whne I was a kid, in the late 50's, my dad gave me one.
My younger sister managed to tear it up while I was at shcool.
2 or 3 years ago I found one, or a good remake at least, at
the "Cracker Barrel Old Country Store and Restaurant" in
Lexington, Ky. The original was called a "boys rocket radio".
The modern remake works much better then I expected a mass produced
unit capable of. My R2000 is not in any danger of being replaced,
but it does bring a smile. If you do a net search on
"boys rocket radio" you should find some orignals for sale.
and by tacking on the work "museum" you should be able to find
some interesting web sites.
BTW my orignal was blue and this one is red.
Terry

Does anyone remember the Allied Knight Kit "DXer" The first one in the
late '50's was a 3 tube regen unit. Later, about '62 came a three
transistor regen kit with the same name, "DXer", that ran on 4 AA cells.
I can find NO referance to this radio on the internet but i did have one
in '62. Anyone remember this?
jk

John Kirchman wrote:
Does anyone remember the Allied Knight Kit "DXer" The first one in the
late '50's was a 3 tube regen unit. Later, about '62 came a three
transistor regen kit with the same name, "DXer", that ran on 4 AA cells.
I can find NO referance to this radio on the internet but i did have one
in '62. Anyone remember this?

I have only a fleeting memory of a kit about half the price of the Star
Roamer (SR was $39.95) that didn't last long in the catalog.

--
"One month from today, the American dream is on the ballot." -- John Kerry, 10/2

So is the American Nightmare, Jack-F...
Please go back to Communist Viet Nam where you're appreciated.

On Tue, 05 Oct 2004 20:26:59 -0400, dxAce wrote:



wrote:

On 03 Oct 2004 18:33:52 GMT, (Llgpt) wrote:

Subject: First Radio?
From: dxAce
Date: 10/3/2004 12:34 PM Central Daylight Time
Message-id:

What was your first radio?

I seem to recall that mine was a rocket shaped crystal set that I had back in
the 1960's.

Anyone else remember those things?

dxAce
Michigan
USA



A Hammarlund AACS variant of the Super Pro. Tuned from 300 kc to 10 mc.

My family had an old Philco upright (about four feet tall)
with a knob to change bands (BC and a few SW), The speaker was about
12 inches. There was a tuning knob with an inner fine tuning knob on a
concentric shaft. It also had a tube for tuning, whose name I forget.

Magic Eye?

Yep.



It was mounted with the top forward and the lower sector of the circle
widened and narrowed as you tuned past stations. I believe it operated
by cjanging the voltage on an element to shield more or less of the
electron flow to a cone shaped element just below the top.

The first I built had a germanium slug in a holder, which also
had a catwhisker mounted nearby in its own holder. The coil was made
of enameled wire mounted on a flat rectangular block;. To get it to
work just after construction, you had to wipe the slider a number of
times across the coil wires to break through the enamel, leaving a
shiny copper arc showing.

It was the first place I came across fahnestock clips -- for
the antenna and ground.

Yup, $19.95 it was. I meant to mention that.
jk

clifto wrote:

John Kirchman wrote:


Does anyone remember the Allied Knight Kit "DXer" The first one in the
late '50's was a 3 tube regen unit. Later, about '62 came a three
transistor regen kit with the same name, "DXer", that ran on 4 AA cells.
I can find NO referance to this radio on the internet but i did have one
in '62. Anyone remember this?



I have only a fleeting memory of a kit about half the price of the Star
Roamer (SR was $39.95) that didn't last long in the catalog.

From: clifto
Organization: alabaster raster masters
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 16:48:47 -0500
Subject: First Radio?

John Kirchman wrote:
Does anyone remember the Allied Knight Kit "DXer" The first one in the
late '50's was a 3 tube regen unit. Later, about '62 came a three
transistor regen kit with the same name, "DXer", that ran on 4 AA cells.
I can find NO referance to this radio on the internet but i did have one
in '62. Anyone remember this?

I have only a fleeting memory of a kit about half the price of the Star
Roamer (SR was $39.95) that didn't last long in the catalog.

--
"One month from today, the American dream is on the ballot." -- John Kerry,
10/2

So is the American Nightmare, Jack-F...
Please go back to Communist Viet Nam where you're appreciated.

A Space Spanner maybe? I had a Knight Space Spanner, a three tube regen
with a speaker and bandspread tuning next to the main tuning. I could pick
up Japan and Radio Moscow!

Greg

I also have a Knight Kit Space Spanner, which I purchased as a kit in 1966. I
just replaced the filter capacitor, and it still works great. That was my first
receiver, and I'm still DXing today. I still have the manual, and the shortwave
listening guide that came with it. A great number of the stations listed in the
guide are long gone. Good DXing to you, Gary

Kachina 78 wrote:

I also have a Knight Kit Space Spanner, which I purchased as a kit in 1966. I
just replaced the filter capacitor, and it still works great. That was my first
receiver, and I'm still DXing today. I still have the manual, and the shortwave
listening guide that came with it. A great number of the stations listed in the
guide are long gone. Good DXing to you, Gary

The Space Spanner was my firt kit, still have it and it still works great.